NGO Monitor, a watchdog group that promotes greater transparency among foreign-funded Israeli nongovernmental organizations, launched a new database Sunday to offer the public information on the foreign funding given to left-wing organizations such as the B'Tselem human rights group, Peace Now, and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. The database offers users full access to a detailed account of donations made between 2012 and 2016 to groups that focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially from foreign governments. The data shows that some 250 million shekels ($67.5 million) in foreign donations have been funneled to left-wing groups over the past four years. The new database is based on information available from the Registrar of Associations in Israel. Users can filter their search by fiscal quarters, organizations' names, donors' names, and years or amounts of donations. It currently includes 35 of the 128 organizations listed with the registrar that are legally required to report on any foreign donations, including B'Tselem, Peace Now, ACRI, Breaking the Silence, the Adalah legal aid group, the Public Committee against Torture, Machsom Watch, Yesh Din, and the Center for the Defense of the Individual. "We have developed a unique and first-of-its-kind database that allows the public to exercise their right to know more about the phenomenon of foreign funding," NGO Monitor President Professor Gerald Steinberg said.
